Many people in the Tri-State love the Outer Banks and plan vacations around Hatteras or Ocracoke. But Arthur may create a change in those plans. WLWT News 5’s John London found one Tri-State family that was forced to cut their fun in the sun short.

THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY. YOU'RE RIGHT, AND NOT FOR SOME OF US HERE TOO BECAUSE YOU KNOW LOCALS JUST LOVE THE OUTER BANKS. MANY FAMILIES ARE FROM AROUND HERE. THEY BUILD THEIR VACATION WEEKS AROUND HATTERAS, AND AVON BEACH. ONE FAMILY IS CUTTING THEIR FUN IN THE SUN SHORT. THE BLAZER FAMILY SAYS WHEN YOU HAVE A LEMON YOU HAVE TO MAKE LEMONADE. THEY PACKED UP EARLY, SEEKING GROUNDS AWAY FROM THE WIND. DAD TELLS US IT'S ONE OF THE MAKE THE BEST OF IT KIND OF MOMENTS. BRIAN BLAZER'S CARLOAD IS AMONG THE CINCINNATI FAMILIES ADJUSTING TO ARTHUR TODAY. THAT IS HIM AT THE WHEEL. SOUPB WILL EVENTUALLY WAKE 8-YEAR-OLD BRODY IN THE BACK SEAT AND EXPLAIN THEEE EVACUATE INDICATION. WE ARE TRYING TO EVACUATE AS MANY PEOPLE OFF THE ISLAND AS WE CAN. THE BLAZERS WERE AT AVON BEACH SMACK-DAB IN THE MANDATORY EVACUATION STORM. THEY SAY IT WAS THE SATELLITE IMAGE RENOT THE SKY THAT LOOKED SCARY WHEN THEY THEY WERE TOLD TO GET OUT OF DODGE. YEAH IT WAS REALLY THE SATELLITE PHOTOS. IT WAS KIND OF PERPLEXING A LITTLE BIT. THE WEATHER WAS 85 AND SUNNY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT WINDIER, PROBABLY 15, 20-MILE AN HOUR WINDS. AAA IS GETTING CALLS FROM TRAVELERS STARTING TO STEER CLEAR FROM THE OUTER BANKS. OPEN -GS ARE LIMITED. A LOT OF RESERVATIONS ARE ALREADY BOOKED UP. THE OTHER PART OF ITS HE DEPENDING ON WHEN IT HITS AND HOW MUCH DAMAGE THERE IS THERE COULD BE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE AREAS WHERE YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL NOT JUST THIS WEEKEND FOR BUT THE WEEKS TO COME. THE BLAZERS WERE TAKING NO CHANCES, HITTING THE PUMPS INSTEAD OF THE SURF. HERE THEY ARE AT THE BUILT MORE IN ASHEVILLE AT THE MOMENT, FAR ENOUGH INLAND FROM ARTHUR'S ARRIVAL. DID YOU CALL THE SHOTS OR DID ANYBODY VOTE ON WHETHER YOU LEAVE OR NOT? IT WAS KIND OF A DICTATORSHIP. WE DID AND TALKED ABOUT IT AND DECIDED. WHEN THEY SAY THAT EVERYONE HAS TO LEAVE THE ISLAND AT 5:00AM IT WAS JUST A MATTER WHEN WE WERE LEAVE, IT WASN'T A MATTER OF FIGHTING OUT THE STORM. BRIAN BLAZER SAYING IT'S NOT THEIR FIRST TRIP TO OBX BUT IT IS THEIR FIRST EVACUATION. THEIR DESTINATION NOT TOO BAD, A RELATIVE'S CONDO IN MORRIS LAKE IN TENNESSEE. NOTHING TO MESS WITH IF YOU'RE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE HURRICANE IS SUPPOSED TO HIT THE COAST. WE WANT TO SEE PHOTOS, WE WANT TO SEE VIDEO, EMAIL IT TO NEWS